This volume presents a new translation of Stirling's text that features an extensive series of notes in which Stirling's results and calculations are analysed and historical background is provided. Ian Tweddle places the text in its contemporary context, but also relates the material to the interests of practising mathematicians today. Clear and accessible, this book will be of interest to mathematical historians, researchers and numerical analysts.
This volume presents a new translation of Stirling's text that features an extensive series of notes in which Stirling's results and calculations are analysed and historical background is provided. Ian Tweddle places the text in its contemporary context, but also relates the material to the interests of practising mathematicians today. Clear and accessible, this book will be of interest to mathematical historians, researchers and numerical analysts.
James Stirling's Methodus Differentialis: An Annotated Translation of Stirling's Text
296James Stirling's Methodus Differentialis: An Annotated Translation of Stirling's Text
296Paperback(Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003)
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781447111276 |
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Publisher: | Springer London |
Publication date: | 11/20/2012 |
Series: | Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences |
Edition description: | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003 |
Pages: | 296 |
Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d) |